Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, April 29, 2022 · PPG Paints Arena
ATTSN-PT · BSOH
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3 on Friday, April 29, 2022 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Blue Jackets 50-36.
Goals came from Evgeni Malkin, Evan Rodrigues, Marcus Pettersson, Justin Danforth, Kris Letang, Brian Boyle, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Gustav Nyquist.
Casey DeSmith made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 40 of 42.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeni Malkin (20)Danton Heinen (15), Marcus Pettersson (16)0–103:51 PIT
Evan Rodrigues (19)Jake Guentzel (44), Teddy Blueger (18)0–205:31 PIT
Marcus Pettersson (2)Evgeni Malkin (22), Brian Boyle (10)0–306:26 PIT
2nd period
Justin Danforth (10)Gabriel Carlsson (7)1–310:25 CBJ
Kris Letang (10)Brock McGinn (10), Jeff Carter (26)1–416:30 PIT
Brian Boyle (11)Marcus Pettersson (17), Teddy Blueger (19)1–518:54 PIT
3rd period
Oliver Bjorkstrand (28)Gustav Nyquist (35), Jakub Voracek (55)2–506:58 CBJ · PPG
Gustav Nyquist (18)Jakub Voracek (56), Jake Bean (18)3–512:06 CBJ · PPG
Team stats
CBJPIT
36Shots on goal50
34%Faceoff %66%
2/5Power play0/3
10Penalty minutes14
16Hits18
9Blocked shots20
2Giveaways7
6Takeaways15
Penalties
- 1st 13:01
Marcus Pettersson · interference goalkeeper2 min - 1st 18:44Sidney Crosby · hooking2 min
- 2nd 02:08
Dean Kukan · holding2 min - 2nd 04:51Jeff Carter · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 12:33Cole Sillinger · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:50Teddy Blueger · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 19:50Vladislav Gavrikov · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 06:31Evan Rodrigues · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 06:31Carson Meyer · boarding2 min
- 3rd 06:31Teddy Blueger · slashing2 min
- 3rd 11:38Kasperi Kapanen · tripping2 min
- 3rd 17:14Oliver Bjorkstrand · roughing2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 | 22:16 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 17Justin DanforthR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:03 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 7 | 17:53 |
| 22Jake BeanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 20:38 |
| 53Gabriel CarlssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 13Kent JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 23Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:17 |
| 34Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:38 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:53 |
| 52Emil BemstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:56 |
| 55Carson MeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 08:51 |
| 59Egor ChinakhovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:28 |
| 96Jack RoslovicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 22:35 |
| 2Andrew PeekeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 26:30 |
| 5Gavin BayreutherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:08 |
| 44Vladislav GavrikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 25:53 |
| 46Dean KukanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30J-F BerubeG | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 06:26 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 42 | 40 | 2 | .952 | 52:52 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 16:25 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 12:00 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 15:10 |
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 11:39 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11:03 |
| 59Jake GuentzelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:15 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:29 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:33 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:54 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:59 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:22 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 5Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20:22 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 21:57 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | W | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 60:00 |
| 70Louis DomingueG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |